📚 Part 1: Understanding Complex Sentences and Modality

Complex sentences use subordinating conjunctions (although, because, when, if, since) to show relationships between ideas.

Modality uses words like may, might, must, should, could to express possibility, obligation, or persuasion.

a) Although David enjoys The Wave, Laurie feels uncomfortable. ________________

b) Because peer pressure is strong, students might conform easily. ________________

c) When characters face conflict, they must make difficult choices. ________________

✏️ Part 2: Rewriting with Complex Sentences and Modality

Example: Laurie questions The Wave. She values independence. (because)
Because Laurie values independence, she questions The Wave.

a) David supports The Wave. His friends pressure him. (although)

b) Students join groups. They want to belong. (when)

a) Peer pressure _______ influence teenagers' decisions. (possibility)

b) Characters _______ consider the consequences of their actions. (obligation)

c) Laurie _______ resist The Wave's influence. (ability/possibility)

Sentence starter: Although David ________________, he might ________________ because ________________.

🎯 Part 3: Creating Your Own Sentences

Possibility:

Obligation:

Ideas: Laurie opposes The Wave + She values individual thinking + She faces social pressure

Sentence starter options:

• Although Laurie faces social pressure, she ________________

• Because Laurie values individual thinking, she ________________

• When students face peer pressure, they ________________